Sad!

It is shocking to witness in this work the misappropriation of a question as important as climate change to promote what amounts to anarchism.

For hundreds of pages, the author raves against what he calls “fossil imperialism” without bringing forward any solution or alternative. Finally, beginning the last quarter of the book, he brings forth the notion of “disaster communism”, the solidarity that exists during a major crisis which he seems to believe could become a stable system of organisation.

There is nothing redeeming in the author’s style:

• it is provocative with quotations not only of Karl Marx but also of Lenin;
• it is repetitive and replete with needless quotations and overly academic vocabulary, such as interlocutor;
• it provides a pointless level of details (regarding for instance relief programs for flood victims);
• false information is provided, Ségolène Royal being described for instance as an adamant right-winger whereas she is a life-long member of France’s Socialist party.

“ Elites “ are attacked and criticized a countless number of times, the author neglecting to acknowledge that his own status as a tenured university professor certainly places him very much away from the proletariat.

In the audio version, the text is all the more aggravating that the narrator does not seem to quite understand what he says and very often emphasizes the wrong words. This is notably true for foreign names, as if he wished to underscore that he succeeded in uttering them.

This work should consequently be avoided at all costs.

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